Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first novels I read as a child was Mark Twain's classic novel of juvenile adventure, Tom Sawyer. Its unique blend of noble deeds, perilous cave exploration, playing 'hooky,' and otherwise escaping the realities of life--all intermingled with the inescapable wit of Twain--kept this city boy from Detroit fascinated through many of his grade school years. Perhaps, then, it was deja vu--memories of happy hours spent with Tom, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly, and company--that motivated me to see what the Reader's Digest, making its debut as a film producer, had done...
...Environmental Quality for the past three years, succeeds (the Senate permitting) William Ruckelshaus, who left the EPA three months ago to serve as acting director of the FBI. Ruckelshaus, who was named Deputy Attorney General last week, earned himself the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his repeated jousting with Detroit, and he leaves to Train a feisty, independent agency. Train has the credentials to keep it that way. A Columbia Law School graduate, former minority counsel to the House Ways and Means Committee and a judge on the U.S. Tax Court, Train gave up his legal career in 1965 to become...
...Detroit Manager Billy Martin heard about LeFlore's robust .569 batting average and two months ago, while visit ing the prison for a speaking engage ment, Martin told him to "come and see me at Tiger Stadium - if you can get a pass to get out." Up for parole, LeFlore got the pass and on June 16 - his 21st birthday - went to Tiger Stadium for a tryout. "I saw him hit balls into the up per deck," says Martin. "If he was 18, you'd pay $100,000 to sign him. He's that good a prospect...
...Detroit Outfielder Gates Brown, for one, hopes that he does because "this may be his last go-round in life." Brown should know. Recruited out of an Ohio reform school ten years ago, he has be come one of the Tigers' most reliable pinch hitters. "1 was able to take advantage of my opportunity," he says, "and I hope LeFlore can too." He had also best take advantage of opposing pitchers: after two weeks with the Clinton Pilots, LeFlore was batting a dismal .125. The ex-con rookie is confident that his hit ting will improve once he overcomes...
...games marked the start of the biggest of this year's labor-management confrontations-U.A.W. negotiations with Detroit's Big Three for a new wage contract covering 700,000 auto workers before the old pact expires on Sept. 14. The workers seem to be in a better mood than in 1970, when rank-and-file anger at being left behind on pay led to a disastrous 67-day strike...